Event planners hope to avoid a 'repeat performance' of last year's problems. [=hope that last year's problems will not happen again this year]
a bicyclist who was disqualified for taking 'performance'-enhancing drugs [=drugs that improve your ability to do something]
How has the company's stock 'performance' been? [=has the value of the company's stock been increasing/decreasing?]
(..) It's rancid in here. That is what happens when six people don't shower for half a week. Anything you need other than deodorant? Yeah, this performance standards thing. - The teachers unions are gonna-- - Leave it in. - But we could delete it. - I'll handle the unions. What else? Anything? (..)2013 TvShow: House of Cards Title: Chapter 2 Season: 1 Episode 2